CIA Boss John Brennan Defends Post-9/11 Strategy -- BBC
CIA Director John Brennan has defended the agency's post-9/11 interrogation methods but admitted some techniques were "harsh" and "abhorrent".
Speaking at CIA headquarters, he said some officers acted beyond their authority but most did their duty.
A scathing Senate report two days earlier said "brutal" methods like waterboarding were ineffective.
But Mr Brennan asserted the CIA "did a lot of things right" at a time when there were "no easy answers".
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MIDDLE EAST
Syria's southern rebels take step toward unity.
Islamic State overruns Badr Brigade position near Samarra.
Iraq's Sadr readies militia to fight for Samarra.
Watch: Islamic State drone films 'suicide attack' in Syrian city.
Militant attacks in Iraq kill 5,042 in November.
Explosion rocks US-Yemeni military base.
Iran says nuclear talks to resume in Geneva.
Middle east on the brink: Palestinian minister dies after being tear gassed and hit in the chest with a rifle butt by an Israeli soldier at West Bank protest. Palestinian minister buried amid tensions over cause of death.
Mahmoud Abbas freezes security relations. Palestinians halt security cooperation with Israel after minister's death.
Abbas backs Egypt crackdown on Gaza tunnels.
IAEA to get more money for Iran nuclear deal monitoring.
ASIA
Obama says to keep pressing China on currency, intellectual property.
Bomb hits French-run school in Kabul, six soldiers also killed on bus. Six Afghan soldiers killed in Kabul suicide bombing.
Afghan forces plagued by ‘ineptitude’, falling troop numbers.
SIGAR: Major investments in Afghan security at risk.
Modi to Putin: Russia to stay India's top defense partner.
Hong Kong police arrest protesters in main camp.
Dam projects risk re-igniting Myanmar's civil war.
U.S. tells North Korea rights abusers 'you cannot hide any more'.
Life in prison for China's former energy chief.
AFRICA
Two blasts kill 31 in central Nigerian city. Twin blasts kill dozens in Nigeria's Jos.
Seven Somali women killed in 'barbaric' attacks.
Warring faction chiefs in Central African Republic must be arrested: rights group.
French forces kill senior jihadi in northern Mali.
Algerian troops kill militant involved in Frenchman's beheading.
Ebola crisis: Sierra Leone bodies found piled up in Kono. Despite UN claims, Ebola relief efforts ‘dangerously’ uncoordinated, medical emergency group says.
Debt and hunger at birthplace of Ebola in Guinea.
Mauritius voters hand opposition victory, reject constitution change.
Zimbabwe’s Mugabe fires vice president, seven ministers.
Tension as Nigeria gears up for presidential elections.
EUROPE
Poland reports 'unprecedented' Russian maneuvers in Baltic.
Ukraine truce under pressure as Europe raises Russia fears.
Russia urges expediency in Ukraine peace talks.
Ukraine urges Russia to remove troops. Ukraine president pleads for troop withdrawal.
Three more Ukrainian soldiers killed as truce frays: Kiev military.
Ukrainian PM warns of default risk, calls for more Western help.
Russia to send two more humanitarian convoys to east Ukraine by year end.
Russia raises interest rates to 10.5%.
U.S. 'troubled' that Crimean leader in India with Putin.
German prosecutor: little progress on Merkel phone.
Monaco’s royal couple welcomes birth of twins.
AMERICAS
White House swings behind huge $1.1T spending bill.
42.9 million Americans have unpaid medical bills.
Mexico opens bidding for outsider oil exploration.
Nicaraguans protest against canal plans.
Brazil charges 35 in Petrobras scandal.
Brazil truth commission: Abuse 'rife' under military rule. Report on Brazil dictatorship urges police reform.
Latin America only region set to meet hunger reduction goals: U.N..
Heavy rain, strong winds slam San Francisco. Record storm leaves 100,000 San Francisco Bay Area residents without power.
US co-opted Cuba's hip-hop scene to spark change.
Fidel Castro wins China’s alternative peace prize.
TERRORISM/THE LONG WAR
Gitmo inmate: My treatment shames American flag.
'Stronger than ever' jihadists kill 5,042 in a month.
ISIS posts a new forward command group to Egyptian Sinai - at Israel’s back door.
Syrian al-Qaeda using UN cars to conduct terror operations.
ECONOMY/FINANCE/BUSINESS
Google to shut Spanish news service.
Oil closes below $60, 1st time since July 2009.
$60 oil will be norm for next 5 years: Economist.
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